Category: Blogs

Update: NATO activities in Libya on July 11

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64% of Israelis would support NATO deployment to the West Bank and Gaza

By Ben Hartman, the Jerusalem Post

NATO on the brink

By William S. Cohen, Nicholas Burns, and George Robertson, the Hill

The Necessity of U.S. Naval Power

By Gordon England, James L. Jones & Vern Clark, the Wall Street Journal

From Gordon England, James L. Jones & Vern Clark, the Wall Street Journal:  The future security environment underscores two broad security trends.

South Sudan: Free at Last! Now What?

By Peter Pham

The birth this past weekend of the Republic of South Sudan as the world’s newest independent state is, in many respects, a triumph for the Atlantic community’s diplomatic efforts in general and United States leadership in particular.  The acceptance of the possibility of secession was the central feature of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) […]

Post-Gaddafi Libya: The Kosovo Contingency

By Stephen Walt, Foreign Policy

From Stephen Walt, Foreign Policy:  [B]ack when NATO first got involved, a number of people made the obvious comparison to the 1999 war in Kosovo.

The Necessity of U.S. Naval Power

By Gordon England James L. Jones and Vern Clark

All our citizens, and especially our servicemen and women, expect and deserve a thorough review of critical security decisions. After all, decisions today will affect the nation’s strategic position for future generations. The future security environment underscores two broad security trends. First, international political realities and the internationally agreed-to sovereign rights of nations will increasingly […]

Update: NATO activities in Libya on July 10

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The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Balance of Power in Central Asia

By Dmitri A. Titoff, atlantic-community.org